Garment-supporter.



F. H- WHITE.

GARMENT SUPPORTER- APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27.. 1915.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

WITNESS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

Application filed September 27, 1915. Serial No. 52,794.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. WHITE, acitizen of the United States,residing at Gwynedd, county of Montgomery, and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garment-Supporters, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a garment support upon which acoat or other garment may be draped and which, together with the garmentdraped thereon, may be placed in a suit case and removed therefrom andsuspended upon a hook or nail and which, when thus suspended, may alsobe utilized for the purpose of supporting trousers.

The invention is an improvement upon the reinforcing and shape-keepingcard for clothes set forth in Patent No. 1,021,593, dated March 26,1912, issued to Solomon D. Gilkerson.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a front view of the form. Fig. 2 is a view of the twoparts of a shoulder piece in process of manufacture. Fig. 3 is a crosssection through the shoulder part of the form. Fig. 4 is across-sectional view of the form, showing its adaptation to use in asuit case.

The form comprises aplate a of cardboard or other material, having arelatively narrow top edge to which is hinged a flap I) having a holereinforced by a gromet c. From the flap b the edges of the plate slopedownwardly in an inclined direction andthence slope dowmvardly in asubstantiallyvertical direction, forming the shoulder portions of theform.

In Fig. 2 are shown two pieces of cardboard, which, by means of suitabledies, are formed with raised strips d and e shaped, in the direction oftheir longitudinal direction, to conform to the shoulder portion of theplate a. These raised strips are then out out, forming two strips,curved in a lateral direction, and adapted to be applied, as shown inFig. 3, to the-edge of the shoulder portion of the form. The abuttingouter longitudinal edges of the strips (Z and e with a slot 2'.

In use the coat is draped over the form and is then folded over thelower edge, the lower half of the coat'being placed against the form andthe whole inserted, in an inverted position, in a suit case, as shown inFig. 4, the flap b adapting itself to the bottom of the case.

When the form is removed from the case, it is turned right side up andmay be suspended from the flap 1) without removing or disturbing thecoat. A pair of trousers may be slipped through the slot k and alsosuspended from the form.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment supporter and shaper comprising a flat plate having edgesshaped to form shoulder portions, a pair of'complementary strips shaped,in the direction of their longitudinal extensions, to conform to saidedges, said strips being curved in a lateral direction and applied toopposite sides of the plate along said edges to form raised shoulderpieces.

2. A garment supporter and shaper comprising a flat plate having edgesshaped to form shoulder portions, a pair of complementary strips shaped,in the direction of their longitudinal extensions, to conform to saidedges, said strips being curved in a lateral direction and applied toopposite sides of the plate along said edges to form raised shoulderpieces, the outer edges of said raised strips extending beyond the edgeof the plate and abutting together, and a piece overlapping and securedto both raised strips.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, atPhiladelphia, Penna, on this 22nd day of September, 1915.

- FRANK H. W'IIITE.

Witnesses:

DAVID W. HOFFMAN, J. H. CRossLEr.

